No Association of crypto

Paper #864
No Association of Cryptococcal Antigenemia with Death or Loss to
Follow Up among HIV Patients: Ethiopia
Christopher Smitson*1, A Tenna2, M Tsegaye3, A Shiferaw4, A Aseffa4, H Blumberg1, and
R Kempker1
1

Emory Univ, Atlanta, GA, US; 2Addis Ababa Univ, Ethiopia; 3All Africa Leprosy, TB and
Rehabilitation Training Ctr, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; and 4Armaeur-Hansen Res Inst,
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Background: WHO guidelines recommend cryptococcal antigen (CRAG)
screening among HIV+ ART-naïve adults with a CD4 count